What is happening at Davis Elementary?

Events for the Month of January/ February

January 5th - PTA Meeting

January 9th - Super Bowl of Reading will begin - Ends March 3

January 16th - Martin Luther King Birthday - no school

January 17th - Comunity Council - 4:00 p.m. in the media center

January 30th - February 3rd - Book Fair

February 1st-2ne - SEP conferences. Watch for your appointment from your childs teacher. Come and support your child and the teacher.

February 2nd - PTA Meeting 2:00 in the PTA Room
(All members are invited to attend)

February 17 - 20th - No school Presidents Day and SOEP Trade day

February 24th - End if the Trimester- P.J. read day.
Professionals from the area come in to read to each class.

Be sure to look at the years calendar.

The link is to the left.

Our Principal: Mrs. Kathy Farnsworth

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Principal’s Corner
Dear Parents,

I hope everyone is having a very good start to 2012. For me, the "new year" always starts in August with the start of school. By January, we are alreaday well into our school year and seeing tremendous growth with our students.

However, we do have some exciting activities. We are starting The "Super Bowl of Reading." It has been announced in every classroom. This activity promotes reading at home and classes will be competing for the title of "Super Bowl Champ" by reading the most collective minutes. You can help with this effort by encouaging your student to read at home and then signing off the minutes. This would be a great time to encourage reading with the whole family, as well.

Statistices show that when kindergarnters come to school with the advantage of having been read to at home, they do much better in school. Before they ever come to school they learn how to hold a book, how to turn the pages, how to listen to a story, and lots of important vocbulary words. The vocabulary words, along with backgound knowledge (which can also be gained by reading books with your preschoolers) are two factors which have a huge effect on students' readiness to learn. When they come to school without these, teachers must spend a lot of time building these up to where they should be, and this could put the child behind.

So do your small children a very important favor, while your older studens are reading at home for their Super Bowl points, take a few minutes to read to your preschoolers, no matter how young. You will be building their vocabulary and background knowledge with very little effort, but giving them a gift that will last a lifetime.

Sincerely
Kathy Farnsworth,
Principal       

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